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title: "How to Pronounce Douyin (抖音) in Chinese, With Audio | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok) is 抖音 in Chinese, written Dǒuyīn in pinyin and said doh-yeen. Hear it from two native speakers, slow or normal, sound by sound with its tones, then say it and see if you got it."
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# How to pronounce Douyin

Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok) is 抖音 in Chinese, written Dǒuyīn in pinyin and said doh-yeen.

抖音 Dǒuyīn

doh-yeen

## Sound by sound

1. 抖dǒudohThird tone: low, dipping down
2. 音yīnyeenFirst tone: high and level

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## How do you pronounce Douyin?

Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok) is 抖音 in Chinese, written Dǒuyīn in pinyin and said doh-yeen.

## What are the tones in Douyin?

dǒu: third tone, low, dipping down; yīn: first tone, high and level.

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Voices recorded for our word cards. A spelling such as “shyow-mee” is the nearest English sound, not the sound itself: hear the voices.